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LAMP. I No. 255.629 l Patented Mar. 28,1882

45 bodying my improvements.

NrTED .STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WOLOOTT A. HULL, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO THE ANSONIA BRASS AND COPPER COMPANY, OF ANSONIA, CONNECTICUT.

LAMP.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent'No. 255,629, dated March 28, lLE82.

Application filed December 8, 1881. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, WoLooTr A. HULL, of New York, in the county and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Lamps, of which the followsing is a specification.

The improvements consist in the combination ot' a lamp holder or suppox t, aring of sheet metal composed of a cylindric portion and a 1o lowerange-like portion for supporting a lampshade placed on its exterior, and arms perma nently connecting said holder or support and the upper cylindric portion of the ring. These arms are preferably connected to the outer side ofthe holder or support and to the inner side of the ring, and the holder may have ciroun1- ferential ribs upon its exterior, and the arms may be bent so as to grasp said ribs and he secured to the holder or support each bya sinzo gle screw. The shade-ring above described may have the chains or like devices whereby the lamp is suspended connected to its Lipper cylindric portion.

The improvements consist in the combination, with a shadein alamp or other illuminating apparatus, of 'a ring for supporting the shade when the latter is placed outside it, and an ornamental crown independent of the means whereby the 'shade-ring is supported and titting loosely outside the upper part of the shade, whereby the appearance ofthe lamp is greatly enhanced.

The improvements also consist in the combination of a lamp-reservoir holder composed of an outer part of ornamental metal and an innerpartot'chcap strong metal tting closely to it, a shadesupport, and arms fastened to both the component parts of the reservoir-hold- `1 er and fastened to the shadesupport. 4c The improvements also consist in other features hereinafter particularly described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a sectional side view of a hanging lamp em- Fig. 2 is a section on a larger' scale, illustrating the manner in which the reservoir-holder is constructed, as aiso the way in which it is connected to the arms. Fig. 3 is a .sectional view on'the same 5o scale, illustrating` the manner inwhich the shade sustaining ring is made and connected to the said arms. Fig. et is a section of the counterbalance-Weight and its guide-rod on about the same scale; and Fig. 5 is a sectional view on a still larger scale, illustrative of the counter-balance guiderod and the manner of attaching the smoke-bell hook thereto.

Similar letters ot' reference designate corresponding parts in all the figures.

A designates a holder for a lamp-reservoir. 6o It is made of au innershell of cheap, strong metal-such as ironand an outer shell of ornamental metal-such as brass-closely ttting the former, so as to be stayed and strengthened by it.

B designates a lamp-reservoir fitting in said holder, and provided with a burner, B, having a chimney, B2.

O designates a holder for a shade, D. This holder consists of a ring ot' sheet metal having 7c a cylindric upper portion and a flangellike or Haring-lower portion. This ring is connected to the reservoir-.holder by arms E, made of separate pieces of brass or other metal, and here shown as three in number. These arms are fastened to the outer side ofthe reservoirholder and the inner side of the ring O. As shown more particularly in Fig. 2, the reservoir-holder is provided with circumferential beads, and the arms are bent so as to grasp 8o these beads, and are secured to the holder by single screws a, having flat heads, which hear against the inner shell, and nuts b, applied to their outer ends beyond the arms. When the arms are so made to conform to the holder they may be secured by single screws, and will nev ertheless be precluded from twisting out of their proper upright positions. The arms are secured to the inner side ofthe ring G by means of screw s c, having fiat heads bearing against 9o the exterior of the ring, and nuts d, applied to the screws beyond the arms.

The shade D may be made of opal glass, and is ot' conical form. Its upper portion seats itselt on the outside ot' the ring C. Thus sup- 95 ported theshade is in less danger of breakage than when griped by any outside devices, as

it is in a measure free to move and yield to a jar or knock. Indeed the yielding ofthe sheetmetal ring cond uces to its safety. A shade thus 1o:

supported will be but little liable to rattle and cannot fall off while being adjusted by a careless person. This means of sustaining a shade is desirable, as it operates well with shades of a great variety of sizes. The concealment by the shade of its supporting devices is a desirable attribute. The interior appearance ofthe shade is enhanced by this shade-support.

F designates an ornamental crown of metal, tting loosely on the upper portion of the shade and enhancing its appearance. This crown is entirely independent of the devices which support the shade-ring.

G designates a hanger, which may be attached by means of a loop, e, with which it is provided, to a hook on a ceiling or other support. It is provided with pulleys, over which pass chains J, that at one end are fastened to the cylindric portion of the shade-supporting ring C and at the other to a counterbalanceweight, H H H2, which travels along a guiderod, I, extending from the hanger. The hanger is sufficiently small to allow the shade to pass over it.

The counterbalance weight consists of a heavy body, H, of cast-iron or other suitable material, of spherical form, and two exterior shells, Hl H2, tting the same. The body H has a hole,f, extending dianietrically through it, and terminating at each end in a recess, g. The hole f surrounds the guide-rod, and in each recess gis inserted a washer, h,ot' leather or other suitable material, which will bear onv the rod without scratching it.

The shells H H2 are made of brass, and formed by spinning or otherwise. They are united at the middle by being creased or folded together.

The shell H has spun upon it a neck, t', to which the upper ends of the chains J are connected.

At the lower end of the guide-rod I is a tip, K, which has a screw-socket, Z, whereby it is 4fastened to the end ofthe guide-rod, and a lower socket or chamber,m, ot' smaller diameter, extending nearly to the end of the tip, and having a small hole at the bottom. In this is contained'the shank ot' a wire hook, L, the hook being formed by bending the wire after it is passed through the small hole in the bottom. This hook snpportsa smoke-bell, M, over the lamp-chimney.

It will be observed that by my improvements I produce a simple and cheap but very attractive lamp.

The arms E may extend outside the shade, instead of inside, as shown.

Although I have shown herein a shadeholder made of sheet metal and composed of a cylindric portion and a lower flange-like portion adapted to support a shade, I do not here claim such a shade-holder alone, as it is made the subject of another application for Letters Patent.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by a patent, is-

1. The combination of a sheet-metal shadering consisting of a eylindric portion. and a lower flange-like portion, chains supporting the shade-ring from the cylindric portion, but leaving the flange-like portion free, arms extending from thecylindric portion,andalamp holder supported by said arms, substantially as specified.

2. The combination of a sheet-metal shadering consisting of a cylindric portion and a lower ange-like portion, chains supporting the shade-ring from the cylindric portion, but leaving the flange-like portion free, a lampholder, and arms extending from thecylindric portion of the shade-ring to the lamp-holder, but made of separate pieces from both the shade-ring and the lamp-holder, substantially as specied.

3.fr The combination ot a lamp holder or support having circumferential ribs, a shadesupport, arms extending from the lamp holder or support to the shade-support and having their inner surfaces bent to grasp the ribs of the lamp holder or support, and a single screw for securing each arm to said holder or support, substantially as specified.

4. In a lamp or other illuminating apparatus, the combination, with a shade, of a ring supporting the shade when the latter is placed outside it, and an ornamental crown independentofthe means whereby the shade-ring is supported and fitting loosely7 outside the upper part of the shade, substantially as specilied.

5. The combination of a lamp reservoir holder composed of an outer part of ornamental metal and an inner part ofcheap strong metal fitting closely toit, a shadesupport, and arms fastened to both of the component parts of the reservoir-holder and fastened to the shade-support, substantially as specified.

6. In a lamp, the combination, with a rod or like device and a counterbalance-weight titting the same, of Washers of leather or like material afxed to the interior of the counterbalance and tting the rod or like device, whereby the scratching of the latter by the weight is obviated, substantially as specified.

7. In a lamp, the combination, with a guiderod for a counterbalance-weight and an ornamental tip provided with a screw-socket for fastening it to the end of the rod, and with a smaller socket extending from the screwsocket downward, of a hook for a smoke-bell inserted in the last said socket and extending through the lower end of the said tip, substantially as specified.

S. In a lamp, a counterbalanee-weight consisting of a heavy body, an ornamental exterior shell, made. in two parts, united together, the upper having formed on`it by spinning or otherwise a neck, to which may be conveniently attached the chains or like devices wherebythe weight is sustained,substantially as specified.

Witnesses:

T. J .,KEANE, J AMES R. BOWEN.

WOLCOTT A. HULL.

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